After Huang Chao occupied his dream of Chang'an, in order to cut the grass and remove the roots, he ordered Shang Rang to be the Grand Marshal of the leading army and lead 50,000 elite soldiers to pursue and kill Tang Emperor. But what people did not expect was that Shang Rang was ambushed by the Tang army because of his light enemy. This unexpected victory made Emperor Tang, as well as the civil and military officials and emissaries everywhere feel the worms of a hundred feet, dead but not stiff. Although the Tang Dynasty declined, the probability of eventual misfortune will be the Yellow Nest, which now looks huge. Tian Lingzi immediately instigated Emperor Tang to issue an edict ordering the world to quickly send troops to beg for thieves. After the edict was issued, soldiers and horses from all over the world rushed to the vicinity of Fengxiang and Chang'an. However, Emperor Tang could not have imagined in any way that his Qinwang Edict inadvertently gave birth to the beginning of a change in the pattern of Jiangnan.
The envoy of Zhejiang Eastern Jiedu in Jiangnan was named Liu Hanhong, and he suddenly had a bold idea after receiving the edict from King Qin. Liu Hanhong believes that today's Tang Dynasty is in chaos, and it is still very unclear who the imperial court and the Yellow Nest will die in the end, in this case, the most important thing is to expand the territory and expand the strength rather than to qin the king. Moreover, once he enters the emperor's side, he may not be able to fight through the gang of big men, it is better to stay away from the political whirlpool, as long as he has a heavy army, it is the best cost for a family to survive.
Thinking of expanding the territory, Liu Hanhong naturally set his sights on Hangzhou, thinking that as long as Hangzhou was taken into his own hands, then the whole of Jiangsu and Zhejiang would be his own. So he found his younger brother Liu Hanyu and told him that he wanted to take the opportunity to respond to King Qin, pretend to go north, borrow Hangzhou, and take advantage of his lack of preparation to capture in one fell swoop, and then seize the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. Liu Hanhong also thought very well, if Huang Chao finally won, he would directly surrender with his territory and be a prince. If the imperial court wins, he has already made the posture of a diligent king anyway, and he will not be able to pick out any problems.
Dong Chang, the Assassin of Hangzhou, who was guarding Hangzhou, immediately guessed his true intentions after receiving a letter from Liu Hanhong asking him to borrow the way to the King of Qin in Hangzhou. Dong Chang had a soldier and horseman named Qian Miao (who later established the State of Wu Yue), who had always been resourceful and good at planning, and Dong Chang was busy calling him to discuss. Qian Mu listened to the incident and immediately waved his hand and said, "Lord Thorn Shi must not be confused by it, Liu Hanhong pretended to fight against Huang Chao, in fact, he wanted to annex Hangzhou and support the army to respect himself." The adults should organize their forces as quickly as possible so that Liu Hanhong would not cross the Qiantang River. "
Dong Chang heard that Qian Miao agreed with his own views, so he appointed him as a general and led 10,000 elite troops to resist Liu Hanyu.
Qian Miao led the soldiers and horses to be stationed on the banks of the Qiantang River, and at this moment, Liu Hanhong's younger brother Liu Hanyu was the vanguard, and had already gathered large and small warships on the other side of the river, and all kinds of warships were lined up in a row, like undulating mountains, which were very powerful. In the face of a strong enemy, Qian Mu knew that it was definitely not possible to fight hard, just the next day to catch up with the fog, the river surface was full of smoke, and the visibility was less than the distance of a boat. At dusk, Qian Mu, who was patrolling the river, looked at a white expanse of the river, and suddenly his heart moved, and he shouted: "Quick, gather warships and prepare to cross the river to kill the enemy!"
When Qian Miao led all the warships to quietly leave the dock, the sky was already dark, and everyone could only discern the direction according to experience, and quietly approached the enemy camp directly in front. Due to the relatively turbulent speed of the river, the sound of the water flow completely drowned out the movement of the oars hitting the water, and when Qian Mu led his troops to approach the enemy ship, Liu Hanyu did not feel anything abnormal. Qian Mu led his troops to quietly go ashore, lit torches in the darkness, and echoed each other into Liu Hanyu's camp. General Liu Jiabing was preparing to rest early, when he suddenly shouted to kill the heavens, and suddenly his hands and feet were confused, he couldn't understand how many enemies there were, and from which direction to attack, everyone panicked and instinctively fled backwards. Qian Mu took advantage of the situation to attack and kill, and in the middle of the night, except for Liu Hanyu, who led a small number of soldiers to escape, the vast majority of the rest were either scattered or descended, and the grain and grass were all pulled to Hangzhou, and Qian Miao won a comprehensive victory in the first battle.
After Liu Hanyu fled back, he did not dare to say that he was neglecting to prevent a fiasco, but blindly speculated that there were too few troops. Liu Hanhong was not willing to be defeated like this, and immediately launched all his troops, about 70,000 horses, personally took command, still appointed Liu Hanyu as the vanguard, and slaughtered to Hangzhou. Having learned the lesson of the last attack on the riverbank, Liu Hanhong ordered a slight retreat and camped more than ten miles away from the east bank of the Qiantang River to prepare to cross the river.
After Dong Chang heard the news, he gathered all the troops in his hand, totaling more than 20,000 horses, to the west bank of the Qiantang River, and at the same time repeatedly urged Qian Mu to quickly come up with a perfect strategy for retreating from the enemy. Qian Mu inspected the river several times, and finally said to Dong Chang with a happy face: "Lord Thorn Shi, the last time we succeeded in sneaking in with the help of heavy fog, these things can only be successful once, but we cannot repeat the same trick, because the enemy has already taken precautions." However, their precautions have given us another opportunity. Adults please see, Liu Hanhong is afraid of being attacked again, and he has set up his camp more than ten miles away from the riverbank, and the good drama of the former Chu Bawang breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat can be displayed again!" Dong Chang currently regarded Qian Mu as a bodhisattva of the Ji dynasty, and of course obeyed his words, so he handed over all the soldiers and horses to Qian Miao and let him see the opportunity to act.
Qian Mu immediately passed on the order, and half of the 20,000 soldiers and horses remained on guard, and the other half crossed the river with himself to kill the enemy! Liu Hanhong listened to the war report, hesitated for a moment and said to the generals: "Qian Mu this boy is scheming, the last time he took advantage of the fog to sneak attack, this time he did not know what trick to play." Don't care about him, horizontal and vertical is the absolute superiority of our troops, and when he comes ashore, there are heavy troops in front of him and then there is a big river, so that he will die a good look! "
It was Liu Hanhong who had this idea in mind, and Qian Miao's army was able to land smoothly, quickly arranged its position, and ordered people to sink the warship in front of everyone. At this moment, Liu Hanhong led a large group of people and horses to rush to kill. In the face of the fierce enemy, Qian Mu shouted loudly: "Everyone has seen that now we have no way to retreat, only to rush to kill, there is still a way to live." As the enemy runs all the way, the queue must be loose, although there are many people, it is not useful. Rush up with me to kill the enemy!"
A series of actions really worked, and the soldiers knew that if they did not kill the enemy soldiers, they would either die in battle or drown, so they worked extra hard. Liu Hanhong originally came from a large number of troops, determined to win, but unexpectedly the other side was so fierce, the Liu family soldiers and horses were actually rushed to the ground for a while. As soon as the position was chaotic, some people couldn't help but want to retreat, and Qian Mu shouted while rushing to kill: "The enemy has lost, quickly pursue and kill!" The soldiers around Qian Mu saw the situation and shouted along with it.
When the two armies are at war, momentum is the most important. Hearing the shouting, the Liu family was really deceived, and they thought that it was the same as the last time, so they really retreated with the shouting. The defeat of the soldiers was like a mountain, Ren Liu Hanhong danced on his feet and scolded the mother, and then wielded a sword to kill the fleeing soldiers, all to no avail, and finally Liu Hanhong had to flee with scattered defeat. Or Liu Hanyu had the experience of escaping last time, and the people shouted at Ma Hiss and ordered everyone to quickly throw money, grain, weights, and other objects on the road, and it was important to escape for their lives. Qian Miao's soldiers in western Zhejiang were tripped by these things during the pursuit and killing, and they had to stop to clean up, which gave Liu Hanhong time to escape.
In this way, the Liu family brothers failed to realize their ambition to dominate Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but made Dong Chang a pot of ready-made good rice. However, everyone knows that all of this is due to Qian Miao's wisdom and strategy, and Qian Miao became the most powerful red man around Dong Chang for a while, and at the same time grasped the actual military power, laying a solid foundation for him to develop his grand plans in the future.